kono suupu ni wa shouga to negi ga haitte imasu.

This soup contains ginger and green onions.

Breakdown of kono suupu ni wa shouga to negi ga haitte imasu.

• は: topic particle
• と: noun-connector particle
• が: subject particle
• この: this

Questions & Answers about kono suupu ni wa shouga to negi ga haitte imasu.

Why does スープ have both に and は after it?

This is a very common question.

に marks the place where something exists or is contained, and は marks the topic.

So このスープには means something like:

• in this soup
  • as for it

A natural way to understand it is:

• As for this soup, it has ginger and green onion in it
• or In this soup, there is ginger and green onion

The は often gives a slight topic or contrast feeling. Without は, このスープにしょうがとねぎが入っています is also grammatical and simply states what is in the soup.

Why is it このスープ, not これスープ?

この is a determiner, so it must come before a noun:

• このスープ = this soup

これ is a pronoun, so it stands by itself:

• これはスープです = This is soup

So you use:

• この + noun
• これ by itself

Why are しょうが and ねぎ marked with が?